Gertrude Stein

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born

February 03, 1874 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, The United States

died

July 27, 1946

gender

female

genre

Nonfiction, Arts & Photography

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Gertrude Stein was an American writer who spent most of her life in France, and who became a catalyst in the development of modern art and literature. Her life was marked by two primary relationships, the first with her brother Leo Stein, from 1874-1914, and the second with Alice B. Toklas, from 1907 until Stein's death in 1946. Stein shared her salon at 27 rue de Fleurus, Paris, first with Leo and then with Alice. Throughout her lifetime, Stein cultivated significant tertiary relationships with well-known members of the avant garde artistic and literary world of her time.

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Books by Gertrude Stein

Average rating: 3.74 · 6,875 ratings · 656 reviews · 87 distinct works

	The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas 3.60 avg rating — 2,051 ratings — published 1933 — 21 editions	My rating:
	Tender Buttons 3.88 avg rating — 1,426 ratings — 31 editions	My rating:
	Three Lives 3.23 avg rating — 997 ratings — published 1909 — 45 editions	My rating:
	Selected Writings by Gertrude Stein, Carl Van Vechten (Editor) 3.98 avg rating — 256 ratings — published 1972 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Picasso 3.91 avg rating — 214 ratings — published 1938 — 5 editions	My rating:
	How to Write 4.10 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 1973 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Making of Americans by Gertrude Stein, William H. Gass (Foreword by), Steven Meyer (Introduction) 3.89 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 1925 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Paris France 3.65 avg rating — 184 ratings — published 1940 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Everybody's Autobiography 4.02 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 1971 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Three Lives and Tender Buttons (Signet Classics by Gertrude Stein, Diane Souhami (Introduction) 3.60 avg rating — 135 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Gertrude Stein

“Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something. ”
― Gertrude Stein

tags: humour

228 people liked it

“If you can't say anything nice about anyone else, come sit next to me.”
― Gertrude Stein

85 people liked it

“It takes a lot of time to be a genius. You have to sit around so much, doing nothing, really doing nothing.”
― Gertrude Stein

tags: genius , humor

84 people liked it

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What non-fiction book would you like to read for our April group read?

The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family by Mary S. Lovell

18 votes, 40.9%

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein

10 votes, 22.7%

From Equal Suffrage to Equal Rights: Alice Paul and the National Woman's Party, 1910-1928 by Christine A. Lunardini

8 votes, 18.2%

The Long Week-End: A Social History of Great Britain 1918-1939 by Robert Graves

8 votes, 18.2%

44 total votes

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